"SAN ISIDRO"

San Isidro is the patron saint of the peasants and workers from Madrid, it's a typical festival celebrated from may 8th to the 15th, where the chulapos and the chulapas are dressed with the typical costume of this festval.

Some people think that San Isidro was a poor peasant farmer. He and his wife Santa María de la Cabeza were very popular for their generosity and they always gave food to the poor.

San Isidro has been an official festival in Madrid since 1947, during this festival, in La Plaza de las Ventas men are dressed in trousers and cap of blanc and white checkered, black vest and white shirt; women are dressed with the typical costume and a white handkerchief with a carnation in the head.

They dance "El Chotis" and they also tasted the famous donuts of Santo with tissues.

(Lluís Espallargas)